Introduction

Abstract

This book presents a systematization and description of the knowledge on water resources in Turkmenistan and on the “Altyn Asyr Lake” water reclamation project. The publication is based on observational data, scientific literature mainly published in Russian editions, and long-standing experience of authors of the chapters in the scientific research in Turkmenistan. A special attention is paid to satellite monitoring of the Altyn Asyr Lake construction and satellite remote sensing of water resources in Turkmenistan. International team of authors from several countries combined their efforts and contributed to this book on the Altyn Asyr Lake Project, the first one published in Western Edition. This book is addressed to the specialists working in various fields of environmental problems and ecology, water resources and management, land reclamation and agriculture, and regional climate change in Turkmenistan and Central Asia.